I might have been me you bumped into.,Walvis Bay - Namibia or Bulawayo Zimbabwe
I was on Scarborough beach in Canada and walked a fair bit over the sand dunes to the sea and was standing in awe at the view when from over another dune I heard a Scottish voice asking " Huv ye got a fag?"to which the other voice replies whilst giggling, "you no a fag's got a different meaning over here".My sister lives and works in Tel Aviv. One morning while at her works office on Tel Aviv seafront, she swore that she could hear the sash being sung.
This couldn't possibly be right, so at her lunchtime she went down to see what the hell was going on.
Only to see hundreds of Rangers supporters milling around the bars on the seafront. The first sight being a big King Billy tattoo on the bare back of a not particularly svelte Rangers supporter.
It was, of course, the Hapoel Tel Aviv game in 2006 or 7(I think?). Not being a football fan she had no idea it was happening.
She went into her usual lunchtime restaurant/bar and some Scots guy was having trouble getting his food order through to the waitress (even though she said the waitress can speak English but obviously not Glaswegian) so she butted in and told the girl what the order was in fluent Hebrew and then told the Bear in her best Belfast accent, "Park yer arse down there and she'll bring it down to ye." She said the looks of amazement on the faces of the Gers fans at the table on hearing a wee Ulster woman talking to them after jabbering fluently in Hebrew, were almost as flummoxed as she was when she thought she heard the Sash being belted out on a sunny Tel Aviv midweek morning. She said she regretted having to be at work as she was sure could have drunk free all afternoon with those guys.
Any more stories of unexpected or far flung Rangers encounters?
Well done sir.We did a Yellowstone tour a few years back and one of the ladies working in one of the tour shop noticed my Rangers polo shirts and asked me if I had enjoyed the game at the weekend. I noticed her “faint” Scottish accent and she told me she moved over to the USA 30 years back but she still watched our games as much as she could.
Anybody see any locals wearing Rangers tops in Kazakhstan/Russia (Aksai/Orenburg) area, good chance I supplied them as over the years I must have donated approx 50 tops to one of the big orphanages there.
I wore my Rangers jersey in Crossmaglen (XMG) nearly every day, I did wear my body armour on top as well thoughMaybe slightly different. Used to be a delivery driver. As anyone knows crossmaglen in south Armagh isn’t a place you see a Rangers top (unless it’s GAA crossmaglen Rangers)
one day I was doing a delivery down round there, absolutley pissing it down. Only coat I had lying in the van was an Rangers raincoat I had. Said to myself f*ck I’ll only be 2 seconds so threw the coat on and took the stuff into the shop. The shop assistant was surprised to say the least and he told me I must have been the first person in his 50 years living in crossmaglen to wear a Glasgow Rangers top in the village
On the Hill?
I’m amazed you could understand a word they said (insert angel smiley here).Lying on the beach in Cape Verde. Shades on and people watching/listening as you do. Spent almost 30 mins trying to work out the foreign accent of 2 slightly older couples near us.
One of the lads sat up and I noticed a Rangers crest tattoo so I initiated conv in slow English.
Turns out they were from Peterhead
Went to my sister in laws wedding in New York 14 years ago.I was in the Blue Room in New York watching a game, and got talking to a guy in a Gers top while outside having a fag.
He had a broad NY accent and when I asked him how he started supporting Rangers, he told me he got the bug from his mum who was Scottish.
Turns out, she lived 5 minutes walk from me in EK.
The guy posts on here.
I got into a lift in a DSME office block in 2016.Bumped into bears in various places over the years. Some that I remember:-
Whilst working in DSME shipyard, Geoje, South Korea in 2004.
Watching Klitschko v Haye in a bar in Vegas 2011
Walking through a shopping centre in Pune, India last January.
Whilst sitting In a bar in Houston in 2012.
Flee pounds is a stealFound a Rangers pennant from the 60s at a flea market in Berlin. Bought it for €3.
That's the Brewongle Stand.If you pictured the two traditional stands as 12 o'clock then our seats were about quarter to the hour.
We were quite near the pitch and I almost melted until the sun went round after lunch and we were in the shadows. I wondered why my brothers Aussie mate brought a bundle of towels to the game. It was to sit on and prevent our arses swimming in our own sweat on the plastic seats.
Drank lots of beer and had a great day.
Slightly off topic I believe that Bulawayo was the home town of Don Kichenbrand (one for older Bears like myself)Walvis Bay - Namibia or Bulawayo Zimbabwe
That's the Brewongle Stand.
Reason I asked is because I thought it may have been me. I essentially didn't miss a day's play at the SCG between about 95 and 05 (and been to plenty since too) and I can remember many times getting on the cans and having random conversations about Scottish football. Mostly its because someone is wearing a recognisable top, but sometimes I just hear the accent. But alas, I never sit in the Brewongle.
P.S. when you say "near the pitch", I think you mean "near the fence". In cricket, the pitch is the centre square only.
Oh man, that’s one of my favourite tests ever. Pup took three late wickets at the death on day 5 to win the game. I was going absolutely bananas. 2007, I think, it was.The guy was from Airdrie and my cricket terminology has been enhanced.
It was the test match that Andy Symonds had the spat with Harbhajan Singh.